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Mbnusfmcatus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 2, footnote. 



Cichlalopiafuscatus Bonaparte, Rev. Zool., 1867, 204. 



Cichlherminia fuscata Newton (A. and E.), Ibis, 1859, 141, pi. 12, fig. 8, egg (St. 

 Croix; habits; descr. eggs).— Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1886, 329 

 (St. Croix; St. Thomas; Inagua, Bahamas). — Cory, Auk, viii, 1891, 43 (In- 

 agua, Bahamas; Santo Domingo; Porto Rico; St. Croix; St. Thomas; Virgin 

 Gorda; Tortola), 48 (St. Croix). 



Margarops fuscatiis Sclatkr, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 1859, 335 (monogr.); 1892, 

 498 (Anguilla); Cat. Am. P.irds, 1862, 6.— B.mrd, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 

 42._(?) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1864, 98 (Sombrero).— Gind- 

 lach, Journ. lur Orn., 1874, 310 (Porto Rico); 1878, 159 (Porto Rico), 166 

 (Porto Rico; habits); Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 172 (do.).— Cory, 

 Birds Bahama I., 1880, 47; Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 22; Auk, iii, 

 1886, 14; vii, 1890, 375 (Tortola; Virgin Gorda); viii, 1891, 297 (Caicos 

 Islands), 298 (Inagua), 351 (Inagua); ix, 1892, 48, 49 (Maraguna and Wat- 

 lings I., Bahamas); Birds West Ind., 1889, 28; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 19, 

 121 (Watlings I., Rum Cay, Maraguna, North Caicos, Grand Caicos, East Caicos, 

 and Great Inagua, Bahamas; Haiti, Mona, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Tortola, 

 and Virgin Gorda, Greater Antilles).— Ribgway, Auk, viii, 1891, 337 (Wat- 

 lings I.), 338 (Rum Cay).— (?) Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iii, 1892, 

 p. xii, in text (Bonaire); Ibis, 1893, 327 (Bonaire; crit.; habits); (Novit. 

 Zool., ix, 1902, 297 (Bonaire; crit.).— Bowdish, Auk, xx, 1903, 20 (Porto 

 Rico; habits, song, etc.). — Bonhote, Auk, xx, 1903, 177 (Bird Rock, Ba- 

 hamas). — Riley, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., xlvii, 1904, 288 (Barbuda; An- 

 tigua). 



[Margarops] fuscatiis Scl.^ter and Salyin, Nom. \x. Neotr., 1873, 2. — Cory, 

 List Birds West Ind., 1885, 6.— Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 110. 



Merula fuscata Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1860, 376 (St. Thomas). 



Colluricinclafusca Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836, 6 (" vel in Nova Zealandia 

 vel in Nova Cambria Australi;" coll. Zool. Soc. Lond.?). 



Margarops densirostris (not Tardus densirostris Vieillot) Lawrence, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 233 (Antigua); i, 1879, 486, part (Antigua).— Nicoll, 

 Ibis, 1904, 574 (Antigua). 



Margarops fuscatus densirostris Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 47, (Antigua; St. 

 Eustatius); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 121, part (Anguilla?; St. Eustatius; 

 St. Christopher; Barbuda; Antigua). 



MARGAROPS FUSCATUS DENSIROSTRIS (Vieillot). 

 DARKEK PEARLY-EYED THRASHER. 



Similar to M. f. fuscatus, l)ut brown of upper parts slightly darker 

 and that of under parts both darker and more extended (the streaks 

 or other markings broader. " 



Adult male. —Length (skins), 267-297 (286); wing, 134-145.5 (141.8) ; 

 tail, 106-114.5 (111.2); exposed eiilmen, 26.5-27 (26.8); tarsus, 

 34.5-35.5 (34.8); middle toe, 23.5-25.5 (24.8).^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 264-272 (268); wmg, 136.5-138.5 

 (137.2); tail, 106-109.5 (108.3); exposed culmen, 26-27.5 (27); tarsus, 

 35-36.5 (35.8); middle toe, 24 -25.5 (24.8).^ 



"This is not a very strongly marked form, and I am (>iil>' able to charactt^rize it by 

 ri'stricting its range to the islands mentioned above. 

 ''Thre(> specimens (from Guadeloupe and Doniinira). 



